Increased leptin levels in serum and peritoneal fluid of patients with pelvic endometriosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2483-2487

  Matarese, Giuseppe ^a   Alviggi, Carlo ^a   Sanna, Veronica ^b   Howard, Jane K ^c   Lord, Graham M ^c   Carravetta, Carlo ^a   Fontana, Silvia ^b   Lechler, Robert I ^c   Bloom, Stephen R ^c   De Placido, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 17744384711     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.7.2483     Document Type: Article

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